Kidlit Publishing 411

Below is a list of articles, videos, and more exploring different topics within or about the publishing industry, from how to get an agent to how to write a query letter. 
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ADVANCES & P&L
How Publishers Make Decisions About What to Publish
Money Talks
Publishing Crawl's Publishing Resources

AGENTS & EDITORS
Ask an Agent with Saritza Hernandez
​Ask an Editor: Jacque Alberta
Janet Reid's Query Shark
What is a Bad Agent?
​What is a Literary Agent and Why Do I need One? 
Write or Wrong: Changing agents, bad agents, & more

CAREERS IN ILLUSTRATION
Fran Meneses: How to Start as an Illustrator
Taaryn: How to Kick Start Your Career as an Illustrator
Nate Williams: How to start your illustration career​
Illustration Age: How I Built An Illustration Career Without Going to Art School​
Marloes De Vries: Start a Career in Illustration

HOW TOs & FYIs
Take Your Own Author Headshots
DVCon Marketing Professional FYI

LEGAL
Legal Stuff for Writers: How to Stay Out of Trouble and Not Get Sued

GRAPHIC NOVELS
Art, Meet Text

PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGNS
Pros and Cons of PreOrder Campaigns

​PUBLISHING & PUBLISHING PROCESS
Las Musas Publishing Insights Playlist

Publishing Crawl's Publishing Resources
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​“The Unbearable Whiteness of Publishing” Revisited
Track Changes Podcast

​SUBMISSION
Pub Crawl's Submission Resources

Secrets of Submission (What happens after you get a literary agent) - Alexa Donne

Tips for Surviving Submission (because selling your book is painful)

Debut Author Tori Bovalino On Surviving The Submission Process

QUERYING
Discussing Barriers in Querying and Pitching for Neurodivergent Writers

Publishing Crawl's Publishing Resources includes posts about querying, rejection, submission and more. We recommend exploring.